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Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 

SUMMER SERIES IN SEVEN PARTS 

1. Pearltree 

2. Traveling Bag 

3. Donkey Cart 

4. Trunk 

5. Letter Box 

0. Book Medallion 
7. Dollie's Hood 



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Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 






Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 



FROM 



The Weaver's Shuttle 

A WORLD OUT OF NOTHING 
BY 

MARIE EBERT 

WINTER SERIES IN SEVEN PARTS 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 



1. 

2. 
3. 

4. 
5. 


Rocking Chair 
Sleighing Parade 
My House 
Tool Box 
Train 


6. 

7. 


Chimney and Shoe 
Work Basket 




THE TRAIN. 


Load the Train, "Rather load with choc 'late 

Load the Train ! They will do for coal. ' ' [chips 

Load it all with cake ! You are right ! 

"What's the gain, Wintertide 

What's the gain ? Coal is what we wish. 

They are apt to break. " High in price ! 

Load it all with iced whips No more ice ! 

Each to fill a bowl — Get the choc'late dish. 




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To work out the little Train refer to 

1 The Weaver's Shuttle" 

Part Second 



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CONTENTS : 
Model Locomotive and Car, 
Material for five more cars. 

The Train goes well for Birthday Parties. 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 



BY 



MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get , the Key. 



1. 


Basket 


Lb 


Basket (Easy Way) 


2. 


Cube 


3. 


Store 


4. 


Sheepstall 


5. 


See-Saw 


6. 


Wedding Cake 


7. 


Red Cross 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES. 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 
Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 
the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 
A World Out of Nothing. 

THE RED CROSS. 

Four sheets 3x4 inches. 

Fold lengthwise, A B C lines running the longer 
way. 

The cross is worked double, right on both sides. 
This is why it serves so well for the Christmas tree. 
The crossing of each two shuttles makes it neces- 
sary to cut their sides. After setting up one of 
the shuttles make two cuts through the sides to 
divide them in three equal parts and to make mid- 
dlepart of bottom a square inch without sides; 
while the other two, the end parts, are cased in at 
three sides. The shuttle is open now to be crossed 
by the other of which the sides will bar the middle 
square. Do not cut this shuttle like the first one, 

[over] 



or it would leave the four corners open. To keep 
a connecting strip cut middle of sidepiece through. 
Then turn scissors on line A. To cut this fold open 
one-half inch on each side for bending out. 

Cross shuttles and slip the extending double flaps 
of the second between open sides of the first one. 

Fasten the four corners temporarily with paper- 
clips to be removed easily. 

Work the other two shuttles to a cross shuttle 
like this one. Then insert the combining red cards 
all around one of the cross shuttles: the four squares 
at ends and the four strips of 1x4 inches (with a 
middle crease) into the four corners, taking off and 
putting on the temporary clips. 

When the other cross shuttle will be connected 
with this one the squares at ends will show as dia- 
monds of half square inches while the strips will be 
seen as a red line only. 

For this we make first the crossfold; (one of our 
most useful helping folds explained in "The Build- 
ing Unit"). 

Lay two cards crosswise. Then fold ends of each 
over edges of other. Take apart and join them by 
facing cards one another. Put one creased end of 
the card that you hold in your right hand in the 
two creased ends of card that you hold in your left 
hand, to close around the former; then slip in other 
end of right hand card to the opening on top, just 
like closing an envelope. The result is a square 
with open edges all around through which the cross 
strips are drawn. Fit the cross in well to shuttles. 
Replace the coarse paperclips by finer ones and 
hold dear this Emblem of the Greatest Love. 

Our Cross is Red, 

As Red as blood. 

God help us that 

Blood is not shed. 

God help for Christ's sake, Amen. 

Worked by Hand 



CONTENTS— Model of Red Cross and some pat- 
terns to teach working the same. 



Coypright, 1917 

SEP 24 1917 



Educational Toys and Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

1. Pearltree 4. Trunk 

2. Traveling Bag 5. Letter Box 

3. Donkey Cart 6. Book Medallion 

7. Dollie's Hood 

THE TRUNK. 

Two Weaver's Shuttles, sheets measuring 5 % 
x 5 V2 in. Have ABC lines run the shorter way. 
Leave the shuttles unopened and combine them 
inserting 4 attachments like No. 1 into triangular 
pockets. This makes sides and ends of trunk. 

Measure bottom piece 1 % x 3 % and add 
creased edges to fill side and end pockets well. 
For the cover we cut the creased front edge wide 
enough to catch and omit side edges. 

The "leather strips" are combined by another 
piece of cardboard to fill out lower back pocket. 
They have to reach over lid of trunk to be hooked 
in front. 

The model has been pasted for safer examina- 
tion; the work, however, does not need to be. 
(Once upon a time there) 
Was a good old Danish man, 
Used to tell 
Oh so well 

Strange and wondrous things. 
"Get in your Trunk as fast as you can, 
Said the good old Danish man, 
Fly away all the day, 
Quick as if on wings. 

Your Trunk, yes, it carries 
By magic of Fairies 
You 'round all the earth. 
Oh gladness, oh mirth! 

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How to get a Trunk like this, 
All for happiness and bliss? 

"Fold the Weaver's Shuttle. 

"Fold and fly as fast as you can," 
Said the good old Danish man. 
(Who knows his name?) 
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Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Seven Party Gifts; eight with additional No. lb 
Basket (Easy Way) 

1. Basket 

1 b. Basket (Easy Way) 

2. Cube 

3. Store 

4. Sheepstall 

5. See-Saw 

(i. Wedding Cake 
7. Red Cross 

SEE-SAW 

(let on, my comrade Winterboy, 
Our See-Saw is a splendid toy 
For Winter or Summer-tide; 
Get on, let's have a ride! 
After the riding 
We w r ill be hiding. 

-Where?" 
Good little place, 
Plentv of space, 

There! 
Plenty of sweet, 
Plenty to eat 
Bight beneath the See-Saw. 

CONTEXTS— Model See-Saw and material to 
work out five more. 

Worked by Hand 

Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS ANT) SURPRISES 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Polios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 




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BY 


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Many 


a Gift I stored for thee 


Master it and get the Key. 


1. 


Pearltree 


2. 


Traveling Bag 


3. 


Donkey Cart 


4. 


Trunk 


5. 


Letter Box 


6. 


Book Medallion 


7. 


Dollie's Hood 



TRAVELING BAG 

Pick up your Bag and lift your foot, 
The weather is so fair. 
You need your Bag on every route 
At Water, Land or Air. 

Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

THE TRAVELING BAG. 

Two Weaver's Shuttles of sheet 5 % x 5 V 2 scant 
(in model we find them doubled but they may be 
single for easier work) are stitched together on 
line C. For this both boxes must be opened again 
after they have been thoroughly finished in fold- 
ing and setting up. The inner box is made on the 
branchfold "Points separated" to make middle 
part of sheet wider, as this has to fit bottom of 
suitcase exactly when turned the other way. Sheet 
measures 5 *4 x 7 % . Have the child use a meas- 
uring cardboard that covers two parts of sheet 
width 5%. Measure from left hand edge B 
to right hand line A and bend over the uncovered 
part to make line A on right side (explained in 
W. S. Part Second at little train-car). After doing 
the other side likewise go on folding according to 
directions and find the triangular pockets on 
"sides" of box with points separated leaving space 
for the paper clasp. Strengthen all sides of inner 
box and ends of outer boxes before setting the 
suitcase together. 

The Traveling Bag needs patient handling and 
cannot be worked too carefully. The Growing Set 
(Key to W. S.) should be mastered before trying 
to do this pretty piece of work. 

CONTENTS— Model Suit Case and material for 
working the same. 



SEP 24 1917 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee. 
Master it and get the Key. 

SEVEN PARTY GIFTS 

Eight with additional 1 b (Basket Easy Way) 

1. Basket 

1 b. Basket (Easy Way) 

2. Cube 

3. Store 

4. Sheepstall 

5. See-Saw 

6. Wedding Cake 

7. Red Cross 

THE THREE BRIDESMAIDS 

1. Come, let us wrap the Wedding Cake. 

2. What shall we wrap it in? 

I do not know what box to take. 
To all the stores I've been; 
A dozen samples of cases — — 
1* That is what me amazes. 

None of them I like so well 

3. Listen, what I have to tell: 
Fold the Weaver's Shuttle! 



Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given, in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

THE WEDDING CAKE. 

Box for Wedding Cake is of same shape as for 
Little House of Abendland, which may be used 
for birthday-parties filled with fine candy-straws 
under the roof. 

Sheet for Weaver's Shuttle 3 % x 4 in. is folded 
lengthwise (ABC lines running the longer way). 
Open and fit the two little attachments No. 1 
into bottom of box from edges D to lines E. Then 
fold them in, going over the same creases. 

Set up box and pull out the two leaflets, which 
now are bent outside being creased half ways 
and fastened with their ends under triangle 
pockets. Bend the corners on creased line in order 
to make the roof rest, hanging it on. Slide in 
walls No. 2, beginning at the back, then around 
corners to make the cuts a very primitive window 
over the door. 

The Box for packing the Wedding-Cake made or* 
letter-paper, needs neither roof nor walls. For this 
the pieces No. 1, after having been pulled up, are 
given a crease same height as edge of box (at line 
C) to fold back toward inside, where they will 
overlap, covering the piece of cake, which before 
was wrapped in waxpaper. 

Tie with white silk ribbon. 

CONTENTS— Directions, Little House of Abend- 
land and material to work it out same as box for 
wrapping the wedding cake. 



SEP 24 1917 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 

SUMMER SERIES IN SEVEN PARTS 

1. Pearltree 

2. Traveling Bag 

3. Donkey Cart 

4. Trunk 

5. Letter Box 

G. Book Medallion 
7. Dollie's Hood 

THE PEARLTREE 

The wind it is blowing, 
The branches they sway; 
Our Pearltrees are growing, 
We planted today. 

^Yorked by Hand 

Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES. 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

Weaver's Shuttle for Flowerpot: 2V 2 x 3% in. 
Attachments for strengthening sides, square of 
cardboard to hold the tree. 

THE PEARL TREE. 

Yes, Dear, you are right, the Pearl Trees are 
not so difficult to do as they may seem. A few 
small pieces of picture-wire will help. Choose the 
one with eight threads, it is easily opened at the 
ends, while the thicker one would take too long 
and be hard on your fingers. Take two pieces of 
wire, one 5 y 2 in. and the other 6 in. long, and 
twist middle of wire together for the stem. You 
have then 16 little branches, some longer, some 
shorter, to which beads are fastened for beautiful 
magnolia-blossoms. 

The wire for roots is opened just enough to be 
bent around the little square of cardboard. Cut 
this 1 i/4 in. to fit bottom of box exactly or your 
tree will tumble over. Make crosslines from cor- 
ner to corner and a dot in the middle. Pierce 
the dot with a big pin and make a cut from one 
corner to the middle. Slip stem of little tree 
through the cut into center hole and fasten roots 
one by one around the four edges (like a fine little 
spider's web). 

Fine ground maltcoffee or real coffee looks 
prettier than sands for filling the flowerpot. 

CONTENTS— Model Pearltree and material for 
working it. 

SEP 24 1917 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 

1. Basket 

1 b. Basket (Easy Way) 

2. Cube 

3. Store 

4. Sheepstall 

5. See-Saw 

6. Wedding Cake 

7. Red Cross 

THE RED CROSS. 
Continued 

For this we make first the crossfold; one of 
our most useful helping folds explained in ''The 
Building Unit"). 

Lay two cards crosswise. Then fold ends of 
each over edges of other. Take apart and join 
them by facing cards one another. Put one creased 
end of the card that you hold in your right hand 
in the two creased ends of card that you hold in 
your left hand, to close around the former; then 
slip in other end of right hand card to the opening 
on top, just like closing an envelope. The result is 
a square with open edges all around through which 
the cross strips are drawn. Fit the cross in well 
to shuttles. Replace the coarse paperclips by finer 
ones and hold dear this Emblem of the Greatest 
Love. 

Our Cross is Red, 

As Red as blood. 

God help us that 

Blood is not shed. 

God help for Christ's sake, Amen. 

Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES. 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

THE RED CROSS. 

Pour sheets 3x4 inches. 

Fold lengthwise, ABC lines running the longer 
way. 

The cross is worked double, right on both sides. 
This is why it serves so well for the Christmas tree. 
The crossing of each two shuttles makes it neces- 
sary to cut their sides. After setting up one of 
the shuttles make two cuts through the sides to 
divide them in hree equal parts. Bend under mid- 
dle piece of sides that you cut loose, to make mid- 
dlepart of bottom a square inch without sides; 
while the other two, the end parts, are cased in 
at three sides. The shuttle is open now to be 
crossed by the other of which the sides will bar the 
middle square. Do not cut this shuttle like the 
first one, or it would leave the four corners open. 
To keep a connecting strip cut middle of sidepiece 
only on the outside from edge B to line C. Then 
turn on line C to cut this fold open each one half 
inch. Turn scissors again and cut down to bottom 
of shuttle, parting sides in three equal parts as 
before, with the difference only of having left an 
extending piece of ^4 x V2 in. to outside of W. 
S. at the four corners. Bend under what is left 
of middle sidepiece, cross shuttles and slip the 
extending little flaps between open sides of first 
shuttle. 

Fasten the four corners temporarily with paper- 
clips to be removed easily. 

Work the other two shuttles to a cross shuttle 
like this one. Then insert the combining red 
cards all around one of the cross shuttles: the 
four squares at ends and the four strips of 1 x 4 
in. (with a middle crease) into the four corners, 
taking off and putting on the temporary clips. 

When the other cross shuttle will be connected 
with this one the squares at ends will show as 
diamonds of half square inches while the strips 
will be seen as a red line only. 

CONTENTS— Model of Red Cross and some pat- 
terns to teach working the same. 



SEP 24 19/7 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 



Many 
Master 


a Gift I stored for thee, 
■ it and get the Key. 


Seven Party Gifts; eight with additional lb 
(Basket Easy Way) 


1. 


Basket 


lb. 


Basket (Easy Way) 


3. 


Store 


4. 


Sheepstall 


5. 


See-Saw 


6. 


Wedding Cake 


7. 


Red Cross 



THE LITTLE SHEEPSTALL 

Ba, Ba, lambkins white, 

Mine are only beans. 

Have not any other kind, 

Take the one I nearest find; 

It will be the means 

To fill my little Sheepstall right. 

Ba, ba, lambkins white. 
My Sheepstall was made from the Weaver's 
Shuttle. 

"A Stall from the weaver's shuttle?" 

Yes, the Weaver's Shuttle that we fold out of 
paper is for building pretty toys, as pretty as if 
they were from blocks. 

But the real Weaver's Shuttle will weave little 
lambkins' white wool for little women's warm 
worsted frocks. 

Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

THE LITTLE SHEEPSTALL. 

Shuttle (of sheet 4x8) for Sheepstall is made 
from the Branchfold: "Points separated," which 
wants middlepart of sheet wider than sideparts. 
To do this easiest cut a piece of cardboard measur- 
ing middlepart and one of the sideparts of sheet 
5 y 2 . The child will fit this on left hand side be- 
tween edge B and edges D; then bend over the 
sidepart on right hand to fold line A. Remove 
cardboard to right side and fold the other A. 
Working now goes on accordingly to directions. 

Unfold the finished shuttle for stenciling win- 
dows and door from pattern. Make windows of 
stall a trifle wider than those on roofpiece and 
leave the door in the latter. 

When setting the roofpiece in begin with back 
and then slide in the front fitting cut-outs on cut- 
outs. Folding down the toy do not flatten out 
creases of roofpiece but press them in as the roof 
would get out of place, this little rule not being 
observed. 

To cut rough fences dull scissors can be used. 

White beans with rumpled skins go for sheep. 

The little sheepstall will answer nicely for Party- 
Surprises. A thin layer of chocolate may be fitted 
under or on the ceiling. And especially clever it 
seems to hide notes or verses and amateur photos 
in back pockets between stall and roofpiece. 

CONTENTS— Model Sheepstall and material for 
working five of them. 



SEP 24 1917 



Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 

BY 

MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 

1. Pearltree 

2. Traveling Bag 

3. Donkey Cart 

4. Trunk 

5. Letter Box 

6. Book Medallion 

7. Dollie's Hood 

THE BOOK MEDAILLON 

A little Pressed Flower, 

An etch from hand, 

A verse from a Favorite Song, 

A beautiful leaf from a faraway land 

I found in my Book Medaillon. 

Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND SURPRISES 

require for preparatory work only the six parts that 

Model pictures refer to and the key as given in 

the Seven Folios of the Weaver's Shuttle, 

A World Out of Nothing. 

THE MEDALLION BOOK. 
To Ruth: 

Two square shuttles made from Branch form 
"Basket or Checker shape," explained in "Dear Lit- 
tle Mother." Measure sheet 4x6. Carefully bring 
D points of shuttle together in the middle. This 
will form C points instead out of the middle of C 
lines. D points now have gone and we have C 
lines running the other way with a small mark of 
D in the middle. 

All pockets have changed place and form. You 
find triangular ones only. A very useful factor is 
that they stay to be pockets or bags when box is 
folded down while the Weaver's Shuttle in Box or 
Boat form, you know, has to be set up in order 
to form pockets. 

When you have folded two shuttles like this for 
the book cover, let us make the little book itself. 
Two sheets 1 % x 4 % for leaflets are fastened 
to attachment No. 1. Tie it over the notch with a 
bit of baby ribbon and insert the four slanting 
points (each two of them might be compared with a 
fishtail) in the narrow openings of the four triangu- 
lar pockets . Combining the bookcovers in this 
way brings the triangular pockets opposite each 
other and makes the Book. 

Fill out the empty spaces on the cover by in- 
serting the half pieces, similar to the one we 
had before and observe that the one with the 
clasp must be doubled to make it strong enough. 

I hope, dear Ruth, that you will have all the 
joy possible out of this cute little piece of work, 
so much the more as I know how long you have 
been waiting for it. Now you can make presents 
of it in all colors. W T ith its many hiding-places 
you will find it very suitable for Valentines. 
Lovingly yours, 

AUNTIE MARIE. 

P. S. — The ribbon for bows to tie cases of covers 
we will have to glue underneath. This does not 
mean to paste the Weaver's Shuttle and does not 
hinder to take it all apart. 

CONTENTS— Model Book Medaillon and mater- 
ial for working this pretty surprise. 



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Educational Toys 

AND 

Surprises 

FROM 

The Weaver's Shuttle 



BY 



MARIE EBERT 

Many a Gift I stored for thee, 
Master it and get the Key. 



Seven Party Gifts; eight with additional lb 
Basket (Easy Way) 

1. Basket 

1 b. Basket (Easy Way) 

2. Cube 


3. 

4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 


Store 
Sheepstall 
See-Saw 
Wedding Cake 
Red Cross 



THE CUBE 

My old Cube had six sides or it would not have 
been a Cube. 

My new Cube has six sides also. 

My old Cube had eight corners or it would not 
have been a Cube. 

My new Cube has also eight corners. 

My old Cube was solid. 

It was a wooden Cube. 

My new Cube is hollow; 

It is a paper cube, 

1 folded it all myself 

From The Weaver's Shuttle. 

I will put a fine big marshmallow in 

For little brother's birthday. 
Worked by Hand 
Copyright, 1917 



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THE WEAVER'S SHUTTLE 

LETTER BOX 
No. 1— Size of Newspaper 15x22J. 
No. 3-General Form for Building fitting Post Card. 
(Letter to Harryboy — Weaver's Shuttle, Part Second.] 
No. 2— Size between these two, llx!6|. 




Worked by Hand 

EBERT, SOUTH ORANGE, N. J. 

Copyright, 1917 



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